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' J. S. G. F.. HRCHER.

- CARRIAGE.

No. 282,081. y I Patented July 3l, 1883.

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JOHANN S. G. F. HRCHER, ALTONA, PRUSSIA, GERMANY.

.CARRIAGE SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 282,081, dated July 31, 1883.

l Application filed November 15, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern,.-

Be it known that I, J OHANN SALOMON GUs- TAV FRIEDRICH HROHEE, a subject of the vEmperor of Germany and resident of Altona, in the Kingdom of Prussia and German Empire, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Carriage-Bodies, of which the following is a specification. v

My invention relates to improvements in carriage-bodies in which two seats are arranged one behind another, and the objects of my `improvements are, first, to facilitate communication inside the carriage; second, to combine the back seat with the carriage-door, and, third, to construct a folding back seat which may unfold automatically. I attain these obj ects by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a side elevation, partly in section, of the carriagebody. Fig. 2 shows the carriage-body with closed back part. A Fig. 3 is a back elevation of the carriage-body with opened front seat and opened door, and Fig. 4 a plan thereof. Figs. 5, 6, and 7 are detailed views of the back seat.

Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

To facilitate the entry to the carriage through the door a in the back shell it is provided at the top with a horizontal platform, a', to which the back seat, A, is attached by means of hinges a2,- consequently the seat A changes its position to the longitudinalY axis of the carriage-body when the door a is opened.

The front seat is composed of two parts, b and b, which are connected with the side shells of the carriage by means of hinges b2. This arrangement, by lifting one of the two halves, allows any person to pass from the back part of the carriage to the front without the usual climbing over the front seat.

When the back part of the carriage is not in use, it may be closed entirelyby folding the back seat, IA, over the place otherwise occupied by the passengers legs, Fig. 2'. To effect this the railing of the seat may be folded together entirely. The back railing, c, is attached to the seat A by hinges c. The-side railings, c2, are also hinged to the seat A and connected to the back railing by hooks dropping into suitable eyes formed on the eX- tremities of the longitudinal rods of the back railing. These are kept in an upright position by the frames c3 oftheseat-cushions. Between the said frames cgis arranged a double spring, c4, Which is compressed by folding down thc side railings, c2, the lower ends of which are bent inward at right angles in order to place their hinges nearer to the spring c". The lower bent ends of the side railings come into vertical position above the said hinges when the railings are laid down, thus causing the frames c3 to be pushed against the spring o* and the latter to be thereby compressed. The back railing, c, may be placed thereon and kept in this position by hooking on the leather strap c5, Figs. 6 and 7 After the strap c5 is unhooked the folded parts spring back to an upright position in consequence of the action of the spring c", and thereby catch in automatically, as above described, Fig. 5.-

What I desire to claim and secure by Letters Patent is- In carriages, the combination of back railing, c, and the side railings, c2, with the cushionframes c3, and the spring c, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

In testimony thatI claim the foregoing as my inventionI have signed my name, in presence of two witnesses, this 20th day of October, 1882.

JOHANN SALOMON GUSTAV FRIEDRICH HORCHER.

Witnesses:

ALEXANDER SPEOHT, F.. HAAsE. 

